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Hepatitis B Virus
Study data from M.I.S. Dinelli et al provide new insights into hepatitis B virus
July 16th, 2008
"Decreased responses to hepatitis B vaccine have been associated with some host conditions, including obesity. Susceptible non-responders to a primary three-dose vaccine series should be revaccinated," scientists in Sao Paulo, Brazil report. "Those who maintain a non-responder condition after revaccination with three vaccine doses are unlikely to develop protection using more doses. This is a description of an obese woman who received six doses of hepatitis B vaccine and persisted as a non-responder. She was submitted to a vertical banded gastroplasty Roux-en-Y gastric bypass Capellas's technique. After weight reduction, she received three additional doses of vaccine...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-16)
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